Wajima, Japan – An elderly woman trapped in a house destroyed by a huge earthquake in central Japan was found and rescued by a search dog, the defence minister said Thursday.
The dog, named Jennifer, is one of the specially trained canines deployed to the region’s hardest hit by the magnitude-7.5 quake that struck on New Year’s Day.
They have joined thousands of troops and firefighters in the desperate search for survivors on the Sea of Japan coast.
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